The 1963–64
Bundesliga season was the inaugural season for a single division highest tier of
football in
West Germany
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. It began on 24 August 1963 and ended on 9 May 1964. The first goal was scored by
Friedhelm Konietzka for
Borussia Dortmund in their game against
Werder Bremen.
The championship was won by
1. FC Köln. The first teams to be relegated were
Preußen Münster and
1. FC Saarbrücken.
Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by
goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective
Regionalliga divisions.
Teams
Sixteen teams were chosen from all Oberliga teams on both competitive and infrastructural aspects. The
West and
South divisions supplied five teams each, three clubs came from the
North
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Etymology
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, while the
Southwest provided two participants. The final member was chosen from the
Oberliga Berlin.
The selection of teams for the inaugural Bundesliga season was controversial.
Alemannia Aachen and
Kickers Offenbach believed that they should have been chosen, due to their superior record over division rivals over the previous twelve seasons. They were not selected due to their relatively poorer performance in the seasons immediately preceding the start of the Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
;30 goals
*
Uwe Seeler ''(
Hamburger SV)''
;20 goals
*
Friedhelm Konietzka ''(
Borussia Dortmund)''
;19 goals
*
Rudolf Brunnenmeier ''(
1860 Munich)''
;18 goals
*
Wilhelm Huberts ''(
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...
)''
*
Klaus Matischak ''(
FC Schalke 04)''
;16 goals
*
Lothar Emmerich ''(
Borussia Dortmund)''
*
Heinz Strehl ''(
1. FC Nürnberg)''
*
Karl-Heinz Thielen ''(
1. FC Köln)''
;15 goals
*
Christian Müller ''(
1. FC Köln)''
*
Dieter Höller ''(
VfB Stuttgart)''
*
Gert Dörfel ''(
Hamburger SV)''
Champion squad
Attendances
VfB Stuttgart drew the highest average home attendance in the 1963-64 edition of the Bundesliga.
References
External links
DFB archive, 1963–64 season
*Sebastian Stolz.
The Bundesliga: a true success story'. www.bundesliga.com. 2 June 2009
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